
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday finalised four names for the post of governors of different states. They are BV Wanchoo, who currently heads the Special Protection Group; former Railway Minister CK Jaffer Sharief; former Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Srinivas Tiwari and Congress General Secretary RK Dhawan who used to be Indira Gandhi's personal secretary. All four are party old-timers and this will be their first stint as Governors. On...

11:10 AM, Apr 28, 2012

Agartala: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to Tripura on July 22 has been cancelled owing to unavoidable circumstances, official sources said. The Prime Minister was scheduled to visit the state capital to inaugurate the newly built Assembly Building and lay the foundation stone for a new Governor's House at the new capital complex. The state government has received an official communication from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) about the...

07:37 PM, Jul 17, 2011

National Security Advisor Narayanan to get new job too. ...

05:20 PM, Jan 16, 2010

Former Orissa CM Janaki Ballabh Patnaik was made Assam Governor. ...

01:34 AM, Nov 22, 2009

GOP deals his party a blow, win governorship of 2 states. ...

01:39 PM, Nov 04, 2009

Governors for crucial states appointed, says Rashtrapati Bhawan statement. ...

08:49 PM, Jul 18, 2009

The cast and crew along with the kids were seen partying till the wee hours. ...

05:04 PM, Feb 24, 2009

Delhi HC refuses to exempt former Uttarakhand CM from personal apperance. ...

07:00 PM, Nov 25, 2008

Prez said an institutional mechanism needs to be evolved to seamlessly ...

02:14 PM, Sep 16, 2008

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) on Tuesday removed Secretary and IAS officer Sanjay Dixit from his post and announced that fresh elections for the post would be held soon. The senior IAS officer was always in thick of controversy and was suspended in July last year from his post with KK Sharma taking over as working secretary. A couple of days back Dixit had again drawn attention by resolving...

04:16 PM, Apr 26, 2008

London: The tour of England might have been an on-field nightmare for him so far but off it, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has reason to smile as a University here has decided to confer an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on the World Cup winning player. De Montfort University in Leicester will confer the degree on Dhoni on August 29, after the Leicestershire's practice one-day match against...

10:44 AM, Feb 25, 2008